Astrobites at AAS Indianapolis: The return of “One-liners”
Astrobites One-liners and our first AAS talk in Indianapolis this week!
AAS Summer meeting in Indianapolis: The abstract deadline is approaching!
Astrobites will be at the 222nd AAS meeting in Indianapolis, IN from June 2-6, 2013! Will you? Although the regular abstract deadline has passed, you can still present a poster. The late deadline for the meeting is coming up soon: April 18 at 9:00 pm ET. Also, the regular registration deadline is even sooner: April 11. After this date the registration cost increases slightly. It is worth noting that junior AAS members (i.e. students that join AAS) pay a fraction of the normal registration cost, making it easy to convince your advisor to send you to meetings! See the AAS website here for more details on submitting your abstract and registering for the meeting.For our undergraduate readers that have not yet had a chance to attend a AAS meeting, let me take a moment to convince you to go. Attending a AAS meeting is a wonderful opportunity to become involved in the US’s largest professional astronomy society. The summer meeting provides many of the same types of events as the better-known winter meeting, but it is a bit less crowded and thus can often feel more personal. Some of the exciting activities include: the exhibit hall (with lots of free giveaways from astronomy organizations, observatories, universities and astro-related companies) plenary talks from award-winning scientists oral sessions on specialized topics in astronomy press releases (everyone is invited to attend, not just the media) several receptions and town hall meetings that are great to sit in on and hear about the state of the field poster sessions (including yours?) Perhaps most importantly, attending a AAS meeting lets you start building your astronomy network. You...
One week left to apply for Communicating Science 2013!
In January, we announced the Communicating Science 2013 workshop. Now there’s just one week remaining before the March 1st application deadline for the Workshop.
Apply Now for Communicating Science 2013!
Astrobites and Chembites are organizing a science communication workshop for graduate students to be held in June – you can apply now!
The Deadline to Apply to Write for Astrobites is Tomorrow
We’d like to remind all graduate student readers that the deadline to apply to write for astrobites is tomorrow (Friday, November 9). If you’re interested in writing article summaries for astrobites, please fill out the interest form and send us an email at [email protected] with a PDF of a sample astrobite by the application deadline of November 9. Your astrobite should summarize an astrophysics journal article that has not been featured on astrobites. Please do not write about your own research for the sample astrobite.Your sample astrobite should discuss the motivation, methods, results, and conclusions of a recent paper. Please write at a level appropriate for undergraduate physics or astronomy majors and remember to explain jargon. We encourage you to provide links to previous astrobites or other science websites where appropriate. Your sample post should include at least one figure from the paper with an appropriate caption (not just the original caption). Figures may either be embedded in the text or placed at the end of the sample. Links may either be provided as hyperlinks or as parenthetical citations. There is no length restriction, but astrobites are usually between 700-1200 words.The astrobites hiring committee will review submissions and invite new authors to join astrobites based on the quality of their sample astrobites and their responses to the two short essay questions below. The names and affiliations of the applicants will be concealed from the hiring committee until after the final list of candidates is selected in order to promote hiring equality. Successful candidates should expect to be notified by December 1, 2012.Please note that submitted sample astrobites may be posted...